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Language and Communication

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Arabic Studies

Global View: The Arabic Studies Cluster is designed to advance Chapman's mission of providing students with a personalized education of distinction that leads to inquiring, ethical, and productive lives as global citizens.

The Arabic language represents the cultural context of a major world civilization with historical influence on a number of significant world languages and sciences while continuing to maintain contemporary interest.

Focus: The Arabic Cluster provides students the opportunity to gain a foundation of the Arabic language within its broader context of rich history, literature and culture of the Arab World and other nations where the Arabic language plays a major societal role. Students are exposed to several manifestation of the Arabic Culture such as food, music, film, poetry and social customs.

Cluster Coordinator/email: Chair, Department of World Languages and Cultures, and Professor of Languages, Dr. John Boitano

Important information regarding Cluster completion:

No course in the student’s major discipline can be used to satisfy cluster requirements, even if the course is not being used to satisfy major requirements.

Because you may not apply a GE course to more than one GE category, no cluster courses may be shared with another GE category.

Course prerequisites appear in brackets in the list below.

If a course is restricted to majors only, you may request permission of the instructor or department chair, if space is available and you have met pre-requisites.

Courses in the cluster are not guaranteed for availability. Please check the catalog for the semesters in which the course is offered.

If you are having problems completing a cluster or finding available courses, please contact Academic Advising and/or the Cluster Coordinator.

Restrictions: Open to all majors

Courses: Take two classes from Segment I, ARAB 301 (Segment II), and one class from Segment III.

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Chinese Studies

Focus: The Chinese Cluster provides students with the opportunity to gain a foundation in the Chinese language within its broader context of rich history, literature, and culture of the Chinese-speaking World as well as other nations where the Chinese language plays a major societal role. Students are exposed to several manifestations of Chinese Culture such as food, music, film, and social customs. The goal of this cluster is to enrich students with a better understanding of Chinese culture and Chinese language.

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German Studies

Focus: This cluster affords students the opportunity to acquire a foundation in the German language as well as a broad understanding of the history, culture, and literature of the German-speaking nations.

No course in the student’s major discipline can be used to satisfy cluster requirements, even if the course is not being used to satisfy major requirements.

Because you may not apply a GE course to more than one GE category, no cluster courses may be shared with another GE category.

Course prerequisites appear in brackets in the list below.

If a course is restricted to majors only, you may request permission of the instructor or department chair, if space is available and you have met pre-requisites.

Courses in the cluster are not guaranteed for availability. Please check the catalog for the semesters in which the course is offered.

If you are having problems completing a cluster or finding available courses, please contact Academic Advising and/or the Cluster Coordinator.

Restrictions: Open to all majors.

Courses: Choose four of the following, two of which must be upper division. Students must complete a minimum of two courses from Section I. The remaining two courses may be taken from Section I or Section II.

(The following course may count when it contains substantial Italian language component and it must have the cluster coordinator's approval.)ENG 449: Literature in Translation (Italian topics only, a special substitution) [Written Inquiry]

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Japanese Studies

Focus: This cluster gives students the opportunity to learn about Japanese language, culture, and history.

(The following course may count for this cluster if there is a substantial Japanese language component, and with the cluster coordinator's approval.)ENG 449: Literature in Translation [written inquiry]

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

Focus: Through this cluster students will achieve an understanding of language and increase their competency in a language other than English. Theoretical principles, analytic techniques, and selected case studies will allow students to recognize linguistic patterns, understand language variation and change, and become aware of the complex interconnections between language, culture, identity, and society. Specialization in a second language will provide valuable insights into the language acquisition process and promote a greater appreciation for cultural diversity.

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Spanish Language and Linguistics

Focus: Students will increase their competency in Spanish and achieve a basic understanding of human language. Using Spanish as the main resource, students will identify and describe structural patterns, understand sociolinguistic variation, and become more aware of the complex interconnections between language, culture, identity, and power.